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s. s. NEwToN, STOPPERS FOR MUCILGE-I-IOLDERS.

Patented July 10,1877.

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l Wifi/WM N- PETERSY PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D y

UNITED STATES STEPHEN s.: NEWTON, ou BiNeHA-MTON, Nnfw YORK.

impedantie m' sores-rpms' Fen;- MucnAGE-neicene.

Speciication formingpart'of Letters 4Patentill'o; 1.939024ydated J uly'l0, `1877 application filed` i March 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern .V

Beit known that I, STEPHEN S. NEWTON, of Binghamtonyinithe county ofBroome and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in' Bottle-'Stoppers; and I do hereby declare thatV thefollowing is afull, clear-,"andexa'ct description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspeciiication.

Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of a bottle having myimprovement applied thereto; and Fig. 2 shows a modification of thesame.

A is the body of a bottle, and A the neck, of any desired material, andof 4any conguration which may be adapted to receive the stopper. B B3 isthe central discharging-tube,

mounted in a cap-plate, B1. B2 is a flange projecting downwardly fromthe capplate, and tting closely the outside of the neck A. E is a plugof cork or other suitable material, filling the annular space betweenthe part B of the tube and the inside of the bottle-neck,

the tube being, by preference, screwed into the plug.

In practice I make the plug to fit so closely to the bottle and the tubeas to prevent leakage, the object of the depending ange B2 [bein g onlyto cover-up the plug, and prevent it from being seen, thus ornamentingthe bottle.

From an examination of the drawings, it will be seen that this flange B2extends down to a line with the lower end of the plug E, and thus hidesthe plug from view, and being made of metal,its exterior can beburnished and vmade to add ,very much to the finish and appearance ofthe bottle.

.l do not claim, broadly, a metal ilange or band upon the' outside of abottle-neck, as this' is admitted to be old but I believe I am the firstto combine such a metal cap and flange with an internal elasticstopper-plug, which secures the entire stopper to a bottle having a neckof uniform thickness-that is, without a lip on the outside, the elasticplug serving, in addition, to prevent leakage around thedischarging-tube.

The .upper end-B3 0f the discharging-tube isalso; screw-threadedexternally and inter*- nally, andhasavalve-seat, I1 isla supplementalelastic or yielding! packing or? seat in"- serted within the upper endof thedischarg ingltube. In consequenceoff its being made oft rubber,`or othereqnivalent material, it can be screwed on the threaded endofthe tube, and will keep its place firmly, but can be easily removed oradjusted vertically.

The sponge -carrier CC is enlarged. at its lower end, and isscrew-threaded internally to engage with the 'upper end of thedischarging-tube.

. cis a globular or conical valve in the spongeholder, which fits thevalve-seat b. c1 are ports above the valve c.

- The upper end of the sponge-holder is expanded into acup-shaped cavityor bulb, which serves the double purpose of forming a large opening forthe deliveryof liquid to the sponge D, and of facilitating, inconsequence of its external shape, the securing of the sponge in properposition.

c2 is a flange projecting outwardly from the lower end of thesponge-support. B4 is a corresponding lian ge rising from the cap-plateB1, and fitting closely the outside of the spongesupport. p

The distance between the lower face of the flange B4 and the upper t'aceof the cap-plate B1 is such as to permit sufficient vertical movement ofthe sponge-support to open and close the valve c, as will be readilyunderstood. from an examination'of Fig. 1 without further ex- ,planatiomIn Fig. 2 a stem or shank, F, projects from the valve c, down throughthe discharge-tube, its lower or inner end being bent at a right angle,as shown, so that it engages with the inner end of said tube, and servesas a stop to limit the upward movement of the spongeholden-insubstantial-ly the same manner as do the flanges c2 B4 in Fig. l.

One ofthe advantages incident to constructing the lower end of thesponge-holder to go over the upper end of the discharging-tube is theincreased size ot'which the ports c1 and the space around the valve ccan be made, and this advantage is quite important when the bottle is tobe used` for some purposes-as, for

instance, liquid blackingJ-'because it is in such cases desirable thatthe valve should be attached to and operated by the sponge-holder, toinsure that the valve shall be lifted from its seat by the positiveaction of the screwthreads; otherwise theliquid would sometimes set 7thevalve, and thereby prevent thedischarge of the liquid from thebottle.

This attaching the valve to the sponge-support necessitates the use ofports c1, and as such liquids contain more or less sediment, or fromother cause do not ow freely, it is very desirable that the size ofthese ports be iucreased, as has been explained.

1. The combination, with the dischargingtube B B3 of a bottle-stopper,of the removable elastic lining or seat b and the depending valve c,attached to the sponge-holder, substantially as set forth.

2. The sponge-holder consisting of the tube C and the cup or hollow bulbC', in combina tion with sponge D, secured to the bulb, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination, with the tubes Bs C', the valve c, and thevalve-seat, of the anges c2 and B, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination,n a bottlestopper, of the following elements, namely:a central discharging-tube, a metal cap supported upon the tube, andextending horizontally over thev mouth of the bottle, an elastic plugattached to the discharging-tube below the metal cap, and serving toclose the mouth of the bottle,

and to secure the discharging-tube in position,

and a metal flange depending from the metal cap to hide the internalplug from view, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own- I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN S. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

JEROME DE WITT, JAMES O. ELDREDGE.-

